6K KineMAX

Overview

6K KineMAX Overview

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KineMAX 6K – Amazing Super Specs

For the longest time now, RED has been the biggest company we know to make 4K cameras and higher but it seems that things are about to change sometime soon. In fact, in this year’s Oscar Awards none of the nominated films were shot using a RED. And it is not only Arri that seriously wants to nab the leading spot in professional digital cinema products. Chinese camera maker, Kinefinity™, just recently released a potential game-changer, the KineMAX 6K.

Yes, you read that right—a 6K camera!

Let’s take a look at the amazing super specs of this promising workhorse:

KineMAX 6K can record up to a whopping 5760 X 3240 pixels at up to 30 fps with its Super35 CMOS Sensor—that’s nine times the resolution of a 2K or an HD. This feature is combined with a dynamic range of 14 f-stops and 12-bit color depth. What’s more, the camera can also record 3K with a 16 f-stop dynamic range and 14-bit color depth using pixel binning techniques.

It has a base sensitivity of 800asa and comes with an optical low pass filter designed for 6K performance. Its high speed mode allows 2K at 100fps and 3K at 30fps. It also has a crop mode for 4K running up to 50fps, as well as additional crop modes for 2/3 B4 ENG lenses and S16 sensor sizes.

That’s not all. KineMAX 6K can record lossless and uncompressed compression. The 6K resolution can also be recorded in three formats—Cineform RAW, lossless compression of CinemaDNG, uncompressed CinemaDNG (in resolutions of 480 pixels, 720 pixels, and 1080 pixels as well as 2K, 3K, 4K and 6K)—with each resolution receiving the highest quality RAW output, giving you only the best picture quality.

Let’s summarize the specs:

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Super35 CMOS Sensor at 5760 X 3240

12 bit 6K up to 30fps

4K High Speed Mode at 3K/30fps and 2K/100fps

4K/50fps, 3K/60fps and 2K/10fps cropped modes

1080P and 720P Options as well

Native ISO of 800

Dynamic Range in 6K at 14 stops

Pixel-Binned 3K Resolution at up to 16 stops

Two KineMAG for uncompressed CinemaDNG 6K

One KineMAG for compressed Cineform Raw

B4, Canon EF, Nikon, PL mount options

2-SDI and HDMI Ports

Monitoring and controlling over Wi-Fi, along with SDI and HDMI using iPhone

Phantom Powered XLR, USB and headphone ports

OLPF designed to work with both 6K and cropped/scale modes

V-mount or Anton Baur type batteries

Color: Metallic and Black

Less than 2kg

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Of course, as amazing as it comes, this camera is not perfect. It could use some improvement in terms of storage. Currently, because of high data rates, 6K must be recorded in DNG format. Uncompressed DNG needs two KingMAG SSDs. While lower resolution videos (e.g. 4K, 3K, 2K and HD) can be recorded to a single SSD in KineMax’sCineform RAW. Other than that, there’s nothing more I can complain about this workhorse, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it for real world test.

And, oh, regarding the price. Rumour has it that the company is planning to bring it down at less than $10,000.